Upper-Intermediate Test
Level test · Upper-Intermediate · B2
At B2 English becomes a tool rather than a subject. Subtler structures and precise shades of meaning: sixteen questions will show whether you can hold that bar
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I ___ painting the room. Doesn't it look lovely?Correct: have finished The result is visible right now — Present Perfect: have finished
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___ invented paper.Correct: The Chinese A nation as a whole — the + adjective: the Chinese
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I went to work ___ I was ill.Correct: even though even though — before a clause; despite — before a noun
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- I haven't finished yet.Correct: Neither have I. Agreeing with a negative: Neither + auxiliary + subject — Neither have I
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My aunt, ___ doesn't like dogs, was given a puppy for Christmas.Correct: who A non-defining clause about a person takes who (that doesn’t work here)
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The trial ___ at the moment.Correct: is being held Action now, passive — Present Continuous Passive: is being held
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This time next week I ___ on the beach.Correct: 'll be lying In progress at a future moment — Future Continuous: will be lying
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I ___ the article by Friday, so I'll email it to you then.Correct: 'll have finished By Friday the action will be complete — Future Perfect: will have finished
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If I ___ come back by 9:00, start dinner without me.Correct: haven't Completion in the if-clause — Present Perfect: if I haven’t come back
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Carlos has lived in London for years. He ___ on the left.Correct: is used to driving Being accustomed to something now: be used to + -ing — is used to driving
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I wish the bus ___. I'm freezing!Correct: would come wish + would expresses annoyance and a wish for change: would come
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Carl ___ participate even though he didn't want to.Correct: was made to In the passive, make takes to: be made to + base verb — was made to
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They ___ us, it was too dark.Correct: can't have seen Certainty that something didn’t happen: can’t have + past participle
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We've gone the wrong way. We ___ left at the traffic lights.Correct: shouldn't have turned Regret about a past action: shouldn’t have + past participle
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I ___ you a present if I ___ it was your birthday. Sorry I didn't.Correct: would have bought ... 'd known Third conditional: would have + past participle, and after if — had + past participle
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Yesterday he said, “I'm going to the party tomorrow.”Correct: He said he was going to the party the next day. It was said yesterday, so the tense shifts back and tomorrow becomes the next day
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